The holidays are rapidly approaching and before you know it, we'll be rolling the calendar over to 2017. As the year comes to a close, it's important to take a moment and reflect on the events that shaped 2016 which is exactly what Google did on Thursday.
Google Play's "Best of 2016" recognizes the most popular apps, games, streamed songs, movies, TV shows and books of the year. Some entries, like Pokémon Go's place atop the games list, are a given while others may surprise you (I wouldn't have guessed that Deadpool would finish as Google Play's top movie, for example).
That said, here are the top five lists for the most popular content on Google Play at the global scale:
Top trending apps of 2016
- 1. Face Changer 2
- 2. Lumyer - Photo & Selfie Editor
- 3. Castbox - Podcast Radio Music
- 4. Emoji Keyboard Pro
- 5. MSQRD
Top trending games of 2016
- 1. Pokémon GO
- 2. Clash Royale
- 3. Traffic Rider
- 4. slither.io
- 5. Dream League Soccer
Top streamed songs of 2016
- 1. Stressed Out, Twenty One Pilots
- 2. Sorry, Justin Bieber
- 3. One Dance (feat. WizKid & Kyla), Drake
- 4. Don't Let Me Down (feat. Daya), The Chainsmokers
- 5. Me, Myself & I, G-Eazy
Top movies of 2016
- 1. Deadpool
- 2. Star Wars: The Force Awakens
- 3. Zootopia
- 4. Captain America: Civil War
- 5. Batman v Superman: Dawn Of Justice
Top TV shows of 2016
- 1. Game of Thrones
- 2. The Walking Dead
- 3. The Big Bang Theory
- 4. Mr. Robot
- 5. The Flash
Top books of 2016
- 1. Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe by Cullen Bunn
- 2. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Parts One and Two by J.K. Rowling, John Tiffany, Jack Thorne
- 3. The Girl on the Train: A Novel by Paula Hawkins
- 4. The Art of War by Tzu Sun
- 5. Me Before You: A Novel by Jojo Moyes